The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-21
PROSPERITY.

Very little cotton selling. Highest
price paid on Saturday l0.40.
j. VI. Smith, ihc photographer, las
left for more genial and salubriops
cline, in which to pursue his iavorite
amusement.
The rains, the scattering rains, have
come, and the farmers are made to re-
joce at the prospect Of the oat and whea
crop which were needing the rain badly.
The city BY the sea has fair repre-
sentative in our town-Miss Meme
Smith--the guest OF Miss Sallie Dickert.
Miss Sallie is also entertaining Miss
Sallie Lee BoineSt, of Pomafia.
! We are sorry that our pastor, the Rev.
c. A. Marks, is again confined to his bed.
This Brother works himself entirely too
hard. His constitution is too weak for
his zeal and will.
Rev. J. C. Boyd and Mr.. c. F. Boyd
attended the meeting of tie Presbytery,
which convened on the 14th inst, ut
Generostee, Anderson County. These
brethren report the fullest Pre- -bytery
for number OF years. BASS says
that "Callie" had gone to the 'Cemetery."
Private individuals along the flower
route have engaged the services of
civil engineer Pearson, Of n. c., to re-
survey that route. These people feel
that they did not get just survey by
engineer Ellis, and they believe that the
road can be built along this route for
less than the estimate made by Mr.. Ellis,
and as we understand. they wish to sat
i>fy themselves on this point.
Our young men who attended the
State convention OF the Y. NJ. C. A, in
your town report, ! very interesting
meeting, in fact the most interesting Of
the kind ever teld in the State. We
are glad to see the movement in your
town to erect suitable building for the
Use Of the Y. N. C. a. Much good will
certainly result from the meeting Of the
convention in the town OF Newbcrry.
A caravan of human beings, who
called themselves Turks, wrapped in
rags, and dirt, and filth, together with
bears, and monkeys, and dogs, and
horses, and mules,-one heterogeneous
mass-stopped in town few hours, 4
day or two ago, and with tamborines
and squalling children and dancing bears
and barking dogs, tried to get up a
nickle show, but they did not succeed in
sensating worth nick, so they left for
other parts where they hope to find a
more turk loving people.
On Sunday night, thieves broke into
the kitchen of Mr.. Walker Glymph, near
Pomaria, and stole about 100 pounds Of
flour and three gallons OF molasses with
some other little things. While this loss
may seem very small it was about all
that the poor man had, so it is hard for
Mr.. Glymph to loose. On Monday he
took out search wa'~ant before Justice
Boozcr with the hope of recovering his
lost goods or at least portion of them.
Dan Lever, and Banks Dominck, both
colored and half brothers, have had some
differences for long time, and insult
was added to insult from time to time,
Until last Saturday when on their way to
town: the difficulty eliminated in both
Of them using the knife freely on the
person Of the other. Lever received i
stab in the left shoulder, not serious, and
Dominick received = wound in the left
side, just below and in the rear of the
nipple. about three inches in length and
cutting into the cavity. He is seriously.
though not necessarily fatally, wounded
No arrests have yet been made.
NJ. L. w.